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Detectives questioning a man suspected of abducting schoolgirl Shannon Matthews have been given more time to interview him.Detectives questioning a man suspected of abducting schoolgirl Shannon Matthews have been given more time to interview him.
Shannon was found at a flat in Batley Carr three weeks after disappearing on her way home from school in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. The nine-year-old was rescued from a flat in Batley Carr, West Yorkshire, more than three weeks after disappearing in nearby Dewsbury.
Officers were given more time to quiz her stepfather's uncle Michael Donovan, 39, formerly known as Paul Drake. Officers arrested her stepfather's uncle Michael Donovan, 39, formerly known as Paul Drake on Friday.
The schoolgirl was found in his flat by officers on Friday afternoon. Police have refuted claims by an MEP that she could have been found faster.
Yorkshire MEP Edward McMillan-Scott said police should have carried out more checks on Shannon's family.
He also said if police had used a missing child alert, known as an Amber Alert, Shannon would have been found sooner.
A spokesman for West Yorkshire Police said: "We would like to make it clear that UK Police Forces currently have available the Child Rescue Alert scheme.
"This is designed for use in potential child abductions where a vehicle or partial vehicle details are known.
"As such its use would have been wholly inappropriate in this case and the suggestion it could have somehow speeded up Shannon's recovery is totally inaccurate."